The network launch matches the LTE deployment time frame I learned of in March after a conversation with Tom Keys, MetroPCS’s COO, when he brought up the hope of a late 2010 launch. At the time, he said, “We think the move into 4G gives us two things. We get capacity, and we get speed. By not stopping or moving to an EVDO Rev A or Rev B and going directly to LTE, we take advantage of our relationships with providers. We were the first to launch an AWS handset in the U.S., so we think our relationships will lead us to LTE rapidly.”